Today I'll live up to my promise. The topic:

Conservative has lost its meaning
A political conservative, centuries ago, would mean someone who believed in little involvement of government, personal freedoms at all costs, what we today might call a Libertarian. But conservancy today no longer refers to this way of thinking.

One: Legislation. Conservatives have conservative values. That much seems to be a constant. I applaud this moral tenacity. But conservatives these days have to legislate morality. Though the cause behind the action is certainly noble, the end result is really quite liberal, by strictest definition. Conservative philosophy would not call for excess legislation and government involvement, but on issues such as abortion conservatives have pushed a myriad of laws that some would say infringe on personal rights. Conservatives would also believe in small government, especially states' rights in the case of the US. But such laws as this new REAL ID tend to infringe on the established rights of states.

Two: Economics. This one is simple: Spending by the federal government in the Bush Jr. administration has increased by the highest rate in decades, since the Ford administration. (Source) This is quite liberal in nature. Notice that the gap between the Bush administration's overall spending increase rate and defense spending increase rate is lower than others. Therefore, the administration has limited spending in non-defense areas but not defense. Defense spending has increased because of a war, specifically the war in Iraq which we started. I understand the importance of defense but no matter the justification, this is a non-conservative move. Not trying to judge right and wrong here, just conservancy versus liberality.

Well, that's my rant for today. Feel free to rebut and prove me wrong.
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